Intentional self-harm by unspecified sharp object, initial encounter. X78.9XXA is a billable/specific ICD-10-CM code that can be used to indicate a diagnosis for reimbursement purposes. The 2019 edition of ICD-10-CM X78.9XXA became effective on October 1, 2018.
The ICD-10-CM External Cause Index is designed to allow medical coders to look up various medical terms and connect them with the appropriate ICD codes. There are 2 terms under the parent term 'Self Inflicted' in the ICD-10-CM External Cause Index .
There are 2 terms under the parent term 'Self Inflicted' in the ICD-10-CM External Cause Index .
There are 7 terms under the parent term 'Cut Self Inflicted' in the ICD-10-CM External Cause Index .
There are 1 terms under the parent term 'Hanging Self Inflicted' in the ICD-10-CM External Cause Index .
Z91.5ICD-10 code Z91. 5 for Personal history of self-harm is a medical classification as listed by WHO under the range - Factors influencing health status and contact with health services .
The patient's primary diagnostic code is the most important. Assuming the patient's primary diagnostic code is Z76. 89, look in the list below to see which MDC's "Assignment of Diagnosis Codes" is first.
Z915 - ICD 10 Diagnosis Code - Personal history of self-harm - Market Size, Prevalence, Incidence, Quality Outcomes, Top Hospitals & Physicians.
The ICD 10 coding scheme for reporting injury is as follows:First three characters: General category.Fourth character: The type of injury.Fifth character: Which body part was injured.Sixth character: Which hand was injured.Seventh character: The type of encounter (A, D, or S)
Essential (primary) hypertension: I10 That code is I10, Essential (primary) hypertension. As in ICD-9, this code includes “high blood pressure” but does not include elevated blood pressure without a diagnosis of hypertension (that would be ICD-10 code R03. 0).
ICD-10-PCS GZ3ZZZZ is a specific/billable code that can be used to indicate a procedure.
Self-injurious behavior (SIB), displayed by individuals with autism and intellectual disabilities, involves the occurrence of behavior that results in physical injury to one's own body. Common forms of SIB include, but are not limited to, head-hitting, head-banging and hand-biting.
81 Suicidal ideation may be assigned as a principal diagnosis if the clinician has confirmed that there is no underlying mental disorder. R45.
ICD-10 code R45. 850 for Homicidal ideations is a medical classification as listed by WHO under the range - Symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings, not elsewhere classified .
Codes from category Y92, Place of occurrence of the external cause, are secondary codes for use after other external cause codes to identify the location of the patient at the time of the injury or other condition. A place of occurrence code is used only once, at the initial encounter for treatment.
Activity codes are found in category Y93. They are used to describe the patient's activity at the time of the injury. External cause status codes are found in category Y99.
The external cause-of-injury codes are the ICD codes used to classify injury events by mechanism and intent of injury. Intent of injury categories include unintentional, homicide/assault, suicide/intentional self-harm, legal intervention or war operations, and undetermined intent.